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This only affects the 21.5" model - the 27" model is not affected.

• teilo 14y ago
  Don't be so sure. What do you want to bet that the 27" display isn't also glued in place? Yeah, you can upgrade the RAM, but how do you replace a failing drive?
  • jrajav 14y ago
    From the article: "The not-yet-available 27-in. iMac will continue to sport four external memory slots." Another source: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/23/21-5-imac-has-no-user-upgradable-ram-27-has-four-accessible-ram-slots/ http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/23/21-5-imac-has-no-user-up...
  • uptown 14y ago
    He's not talking about the hard drive. Yes, the 27" will have the same epoxy around the rim of the display, but the RAM is very-much user-accessible via a port on the back of the 27" model. It's both marketed and intended to be user-replaceable. The hard drive is not user-replaceable on the 27" though it is possible if you're willing to assume the risk/liability of doing so. A number of users on popular Mac forums have opened up their 21" iMac cases. It's definitely not ideal, and not something I'd recommend risk-adverse people to try, but from their descriptions, it hasn't been too difficult if you follow the procedures online. One guy used a knife and scratched the black off of the display. Most use a guitar pick and it doesn't have that problem. The rub is your warranty. If you break the epoxy seal and don't re-seal it with a suitable epoxy strip you're probably running the risk of any under-warranty claims being rejected by Apple should you need to have them service your machine. Not a problem for hard drives or RAM (you've probably opened it up to swap them out anyway) but definitely an issue for the main logic board.